title: Melanoma in the skin of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum).
abstract: A female nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, estimated at 27 yr of age had a 5.5-yr history of a 6-cm black, raised nodular skin lesion located on the right side of the proximal tail. The lesion was diagnosed on biopsy as a slow-growing melanoma of the skin with no vascular invasion. The nurse shark was euthanized for systemic illness approximately 4.5 mo after diagnosis of the dermal melanoma. No evidence of metastasis was found on histopathologic evaluation of the skin and viscera.
authors.affiliation: Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222, USA. jenniferw@omahazoo.com
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Waldoch
authors.forename: Sandy S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Jan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ramer
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Garner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012754:Sharks; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*